America is a good friend - not a perfect one. But, that is OK, we are imperfect too - for all that we mean well. Think of me as Irish or Brit; either way America is an ally, as are Australia Canada and NZ.

No matter what Trump does - how much he accomplishes - the haters are never going to quit. They will be debating about Hillary long after we know she and Bill operated a pay for play organization and were in collusion with the Russians.

Reality - they are about to save the U.S. from a nuclear war with North Korea - or at least the destruction of Seoul, South Korea by a nuke or at least guns.

Obama did nothing to make our world more peaceful and by his negligence allowed Isis to flourish in Syria and Russia to move their forces their. The he gave Iran almost a billion dollar which financed the develop of nukes and terrorist. Students don't think Trump should get the peace prize - but they haven't a intelligent clue as to why they think Obama got it.

Ten points in Trump's hand - for the moment. We are waiting to see if Kim snatches them back, or even if some are illusions. It is also possible that Kim will try to snatch things back and Trump will catch him - it is far harder to con a conman than someone honest.

I think Kim is pulling a fast one. Whether or not Trump is faster remains to be seen. As for the minus scores? They still stand.

Come to think of it, ten points in his hand anyway - from his supporters. Even if the NK deal goes awry, they will all believe he won anyway so the election points are still there - even if they are an illusion.

Sooo....Dodd-Frank is being repealed. Now we have to trust that Wall Street will regulate itself. Just like they failed to do in 1987 and 2008. And if the next financial crisis happens with Trump at the helm, we'll be relying on a guy with a bought and paid for "Gentleman's Degree" in economics and a string of failed business ventures to prevent a second depression.

Awesome.

"Buy it cheap. Stack it deep""Any community that fails to prepare, with the expectation that the federal government will come to the rescue, will be tragically wrong." Michael Leavitt, HHS Secretary.

Just finished watching the news for what is a huge win for our president Donald Trump. This was historic - and from a regime threatening to blow us up with nuke to a meeting and a handshake and working together for peace - I can say and mean again - he is one of the BEST President's in America in the last 50 years.

The lowest job rate in decades, especially for blacks. Many of his highest and most influential people working with him are women and with the recent approval of the first female head of the CIA in history - we are seeing a change with a president who is more than promises - but actions.

We may be on the verge of the end of the Korean War - a re-unification of Korea into a profitable richer more successful part of the world economy than ever before.

History in the making. I am proud of our president - the economy - the jobs - addressing the issues that need to be handled and doing something about it.

Med,do you understand why no other American president has met with, any leader of NK,if you did you would realise this is not a WIN for Chump,it just proves to the rest of the world chump has no Morals and will say and do anything to make Himself look good, unfortunately it may work for the uneducated masses, but for most we see right through the Bulls..t,

Trump has (possibly) scored a small win. He is 'talking it up' for self aggrandisement. But the very fact that there was a meeting is historic. Then the trading started.

Kim achieved a huge win in that Trump agreed to stop the war games in the region. He scored another in the opportunities back home to sell this as a propaganda coop. He can take home the film of the meeting and say: "Look I talk as an equal with the leader of the West." Believe me, that will not help relax the iron grip he holds over the North Korean people. This is the kind of acceptance (apparent or real is unimportant) all dictators crave. It helps maintain control!

Kim also said he agreed that de-nuclearisation was a goal. Of course, he agreed to no inspections, timetable or specifics. Without those things the agreement is just words - but that will not stop Herr Trumpenfuhrer from claiming it a huge win. Just like the dictator he met, he can use that for propaganda - and he will.

What a wonderful, powerfull, historic win for both sides - in the propaganda stakes.

while the world is watching his farce,I Wonder what China's,long game is,after all this is smoke and mirrors ,all coordinated by China........watch what they doing in the south China sea..........and else where .....

Jobs up, yes, but wages
down and most of the legislation to protect workers in the workplace has
been removed. Then, if you are unlucky enough to be injured in this
riskier environment (the employer having dropped your healthcare - as
the loss of Obamacare no longer forced him to do his bit and on the
lower wages you coud not afford any) you are just left to rot or die on
welfare/skid row. The rise in black lung, I keep harping on about, is a
case in point. I ecpect you are retired, Med, so no problem there.

Racial
divides and profiling are returning your country toward segregarion.
Being black in America today seems almost as bad as it was 30 years
ago. Not everything Obama did was all that good, but he did do some
good stuff. Trump appears to be determined to sweep all of it away,
regardless of usefullness. Taking everything else into account, I can
only conclude that is because Obama was not completely white. But that is ok 'coz you are,. Eh, Med?

CO2
ts at record levels and the seas are starting to rise. It will soon be
bad news for Florida, but not quite yet. It is already disasterous for
Samoa. That's OK, you don't live there, Med.

Would you pander to
Kim? It is not as if the propaganda coop would affect you personally,
You are not a North Korean after all. What I am trying to say is: '"I'm alright Jack" is nothing to be proud of.'

I
can't comment on your opinion of Trump's sexual proclivities, I won't
even guess at yours. I can't comment on collusion with the Russians, as
not all our politically active people avoid it either. To think Trump
avoided it is to fail to understand how persasive Russian agents can be,
but that is not to say he is guilty of anything other than a moment of
naivete. Everyone on the planet is guilty of that sometimes.

I
can point out that what is said, is not necessarily true. That is the
case with all politicians, but rather more so in Trump's case. I can
also say that improved finances for the country don't necessarily
translate into better lives for most people. They always benefit the
rich however. Oh yes! Trump is certainly one of those!

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